EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Two men died and a third was critically injured in a shooting in East St. Louis, police there said.
The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. Tuesday in a residential area between Interstate 64 and Highway 15, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Arriving officers found two men fatally shot and a third who was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The St. Clair County Coroner’s office identified those killed as 33-year-old Brandon Johnson and 42-year-old Ramondo Bootchee.
No arrests in the shooting were immediately reported.
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